Independent: Although they are the fuel of revolution .. Sudanese are absent from the subsequent stages

The new system, which forms the largest women's body in Sudan, despite the active role played by women during the Sudanese revolution, the Independent newspaper reported.

The newspaper pointed out that women were the fuel of the Sudanese revolution that overthrew ousted President Omar al-Bashir, where they formed 60% to 70% of the demonstrators and that the icon of the revolution was a woman and yet removed from leadership positions in the bodies that will lead the country during the transitional period.

The paper said in an article by Justin Lynch that the active participation of women in the events of the revolution also came in response to the marginalization of women under the former President Omar al-Bashir, who put a set of laws unfair to them.

Some Sudanese women leaders expressed dissatisfaction with the lack of representation of Sudanese women in the negotiations between the forces of change and the army and political positions in the new bodies, according to the newspaper.

"Where is the woman?" Asked Sarah Abdul Jalil, a leader of the Sudanese Professionals Gathering, who actively participated in organizing the protests. She said Sudanese women had been absent for three decades and had little in leadership positions. And considered that the presence of women leaders in the democratic movement in Sudan is necessary for the success of the revolution.

According to the writer, the delegation of the forces of freedom and change negotiator has faced criticism, including his leniency and willingness to settle with the military, which is attributed by Hala Alhair, regional director of the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa to the lack of diversity in the negotiating team.

"Most of the political parties that negotiated on behalf of the Sudanese people have not invested in confronting the challenges facing women, so women do not care to join them," she said.

The writer pointed out that some of the women surveyed hoped that the new democratic era witnessed by the country will lead to the openness of political forces more to involve women in political affairs, and some considered that the way to get the votes of women will be through ensuring their representation, and expressed the hope that The New Testament represents a break with the era of marginalization in which women lived under Bashir.